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ETAP Faculty
Arthur N. Applebee (Ph.D., University of London).
Since his seminal history of the teaching of English
in 1974, Arthur Applebee has been nationally recognized
as a leading authority on English language arts.
His studies focus on how children and adults learn
the many specialized forms of language required
for success in school subjects, life, and work.
In 1998, he received the David A. Russell Award
for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English
from the National Council of Teachers of English
(NCTE) for his book Curriculum as Conversation:
Transforming Traditions of Teaching and Learning,
a reconceptualization of the role of curriculum
in American schools and colleges. Applebee has also
examined the development of story telling and story-telling
skills among children. He has experience in program
evaluation, high school teaching (English and drama)
and clinical assessment and treatment of children
with severe reading problems.
Applebee is Distinguished Professor of education
at the University at Albany, State University of
New York, and director of the Center on English
Learning & Achievement (CELA).
Applebee is a long-time advisor to the National
Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) and has
coauthored some 14 National Assessment reports on
student achievement in American schools. He is called
on by policymakers at the national, state, and district
levels to advise on effective approaches to curriculum,
instruction, and assessment. A former editor of
Research in the Teaching of English and a past president
of the National Conference on Research in Language
and Literacy, he has also been a Fellow and Scholar
in Residence, Rockefeller Foundation, Bellagio,
Italy.
In addition to Curriculum as Conversation, his
books include The Child's Concept of Story: Ages
Two to Seventeen; Literature in the Secondary School:
Studies of Curriculum and Instruction in the United
States; Writing in the Secondary School: English
and the Content Areas; Contexts for Learning to
Write: Studies of Secondary School Instruction and
Tradition and reform in the Teaching of English:
A History. He has also published more than 80 reports,
articles, and book chapters.
Fall
2009 Course:
ETAP 631, Class #32068 - Introduction to
Language in Education
Exploration of language use and language
development as they relate to general issues in
teaching and learning. Examination of ways in which
such fields as linguistics, philosophy, and psychology
approach a shared problem-area through study of
major works in a variety of disciplines. |
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